George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan

George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan (29 September 1685 – 5 July 1732), styled Lord Brudenell between 1698 and 1703, was a British peer.

His mother was Lady Frances Savile, granddaughter of Thomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussex.

In January 1709 he officially renounced his Roman Catholic faith (the Brudenells had been Catholic for generations) in order to take his seat in the House of Lords.

[1] In 1712 he was appointed Master of the Buckhounds, a post he held until 1715.

[2] In 1703 he married Lady Elizabeth Bruce (1689-December 1745[2]), a daughter of Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury, 3rd Earl of Elgin, by whom he had several children including: He died in July 1732 and was succeeded by his eldest son George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, 4th Earl of Cardigan.